WASHINGTON — As he threatens to shut down the southern border, President Donald Trump is considering bringing on a "border" or "immigration czar" to coordinate immigration policy across various federal agencies, according to four people familiar with the discussions. Trump is weighing at least two potential candidates for the post:...
Dire Consequences for US Economy if Trump Closes Border
President Donald Trump's threat to shut down the southern border raised fears Monday of dire economic consequences in the U.S. and upheaval of daily life in a stretch of the country that relies on the international flow of not just goods and services but also students, families, and workers. Politicians, business...
AP Fact Check: Trump Misleads on Health Care, Russia Probe
WASHINGTON — Rallying in Michigan, President Donald Trump bragged about a surging auto industry that isn't surging, a Republican rescue for health care that has yet to take shape, a "total" exoneration in the Russia investigation that was not offered. And Trump, as he routinely does, took credit for a...
Arizona Lawmaker Resigns Amid Probe of 1983 Sex Charges
PHOENIX — Arizona Rep. David Stringer resigned Wednesday amid an ethics investigation of 1983 sex charges and his comments on race and immigration. The Prescott Republican lawmaker stepped down as he faced a 5 p.m. deadline to hand over documents demanded by the House Ethics Committee. Earlier in the day...
Walters: Poll Underscores California’s Housing Crisis
Two months ago, when the Public Policy Institute of California asked the state’s residents to name the top issues that newly inaugurated Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature should address, immigration was No. 1. Jobs and environmental issues followed, with “homelessness” a distant fourth, cited by just 6 percent of...
Immigrant Sanctuary Cities Inspire Gun Rights Sanctuary Counties
Here are two rules of politics fully in play in the tussle between gun-control advocates and gun-rights supporters: — Copycatting is a way of life in politics. — For every political act, there is a retaliatory action from opponents. Thus, it should surprise no one that even before New Mexico...
Poll: US Opposition to Immigration is Declining
SANTA ANA — A growing number of Americans say immigration levels should remain the same or increase, according to a major U.S. survey, a shift that comes as the Trump administration has ramped up immigration enforcement. At the same time, the latest data from the General Social Survey — a...
Why Birthrates Among Hispanic Americans Have Plummeted
By Sabrina Tavernise WENDELL, N.C. — Yoselin Wences grew up with a constant refrain from her parents, immigrants from Mexico who became a landscaper and a cook. “The mindset was, ‘Don’t be like us,'” she said. “'Don’t get married early. Don’t have children early. Don’t be one of those teen moms. We...
AP Fact Check: Newsom Wrong on Illegal Border Crossings
SAN DIEGO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom devoted part of his first State of the State address to attacking President Donald Trump's positions on illegal immigration, declaring, "This border emergency is nothing more than a manufactured crisis and California will not be part of this political theater." His rhetoric in...
AP Fact Check: Trump on the Wall, and a Ban on Cows?
WASHINGTON — Let Democrats have their way, President Donald Trump suggested, and the United States will become a country without border security, airplanes or cows. Trump warned of a variety of dire consequences from the Democratic playbook as he rallied Monday night in the border city of El Paso, Texas, in a...